Links 2003 v1.07

The Links 2003 v1.07 Update includes all previous updates including v1.02 and v1.05. Changes are listed below.

Note: If you currently use Career Mode, installing this update for Links 2003 will overwrite the standard seasons (Season 1, Season 2, and Season 3) and the rosters. Doing so will require you to start a new career. Version 1.05 of Links 2003 introduced some significant changes. Most of those changes have affected Career Mode. You will need to start a new career in order to take advantage of new features. You are strongly recommended to delete your old career mode files and start fresh. Career Mode files are located in My Documents\Links 2003\Career\.

Changed the way strokes are distributed to roster players in Career Mode so they don't get birdies in a row for instance.

Career Mode roster scores are more realistic including players getting overs and unders throughout the round

Added season history so you can see how much money you earned and what your ranking was (Note: This info isn't available in 1.02 histories. It will only be seen after playing in a new career with the patch)

Fixed problem in CM where you would start at round 1's tees each time

Fixed problem in Match Play for CM - rounds wouldn't end early if either player couldn't win

Career Mode target values are now randomly changed by up to 3 strokes to introduce more variance in scores

Fixed player history showing won $0 for some tourneys

Multiplayer

Fixed chat problem where text was erased after the post shot panel.

Fixed a problem where a remote player's club wouldn't change so the local player would see the remote player swing with the wrong club.

Fixed a problem where the local player would not see a remote player's swing if the remote player changed to putt when initially starting with a straight swing.

Plugged shots wouldn't show as plugged on remote machines.

Fixed Alt-Shot drop bug causing team members to drop from the wrong spot

Modes of Play (MOP)

Fixed the end of round crash when using certain MOPs.

In match play, 'End the round when a winner is determined' wasn't remembered from round to round and therefore wouldn't end the round early.

Alt-Shot drop bug where a player could end up at the wrong drop point

Deep Grass is now recognized as Rough instead of not recognized at all

Email Tourney

Custom pins in email tournaments get reset back to previous custom pin positions.

Fixed end of round 'course record' email tourney crash (Heap Stack)

Fixed online email tourneys pin positions get reset to 0

Computer Golfer

AI golfers would sometimes rotate to the side or backwards but still hit the ball towards the pin.

AI golfer's club wasn't being displayed correctly.

Added intelligent AI dropping

Course Stats

Stats weren't being kept for some courses due to long course names. Bighorn (2003) is one example of that.

Interface

Option to turn off interface music.

Changed Alt+V hotkey to include Close-up view in the rotation.

Added main view option to golfer settings (panoramic except when close to pin show close-up view).

Made Rendering Messages an option.- Show None, Show ALL, Show New Records only, Show MOP Messages Only

Swing

In RTS, if you select pick or explode then go into advanced shot setup, your hit type would reset back to straight.

Added option to disable short swing meter.

Verify Files

Putting Assistant shows used in verify files when it has not been used. It even shows used when playing in Champ mode when the PA is not available.

Custom pins in email tournaments get reset back to previous custom pin positions.

Swing showed up as PowerStrokeReal Time Swing in verify files when using PowerStroke.

Added game version to verify files

Added computer player ability points to verify files

Sound

Background ambient sounds weren't playing on older courses.

Added option in sound script editor for hole specific events.

Sounds that were set for 100 playing percentage weren't always being played.